American Politics Today

John F. Kennedy Number Number 35th President Vice President Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Party Affiliation Party Affiliation Democratic Years in Office Years in Office 1961 - 1963 2 years 41 weeks Age (at inauguration) Age (at inauguration) 43 years 33 weeks Birthplace Birthplace Brookline, Massachusetts Education Education Harvard College // Age at Inauguration: 43 At age 43, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president ever elected. Still, he only checks in at No. 2 on the countdown, so stay tuned for No. 1 on the list. The Harvard-educated Massachusetts native initiated Project Apollo (the first manned expedition to the moon) and abolished the federal death penalty during his tenure as president. JFK entered office with a 72 percent approval rating and served for 2.83 years before he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in November 1963 at age 46.

  The Termination of Life: Euthanasia Synopsis The termination of life for terminally sick people is a serious issue of continuous debate. One side believes it is unethically and basically helping a person to commit suicide, while the other side looks it from a humanitarian view as alleviating the pain and suffering of a dying person. The termination of life of terminally sick people is still largely unacceptable in most of the world and in the United States the battle is still raging between who approve with this form of termination of life and who oppose. The Origin of the Problem             As the population grows, the number of elderly people grows as well and they live longer. The chances of terminal diseases increase in accordance with this trend of longevity. So the society can’t ignore any longer this large segment of the population and the debilitating diseases they may encounter in such old age. Som...